The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-25 00:00:00

NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . Full rates and general activity of business are the principal features of the money market, and very little alteration is expected during tha next fort night. Afterwards, however, the distribution of these dividends at the Bank will largely augment the supplies on offer, and in the meantime less gold le expected to leave the country for France, Spain, &c. A further sum of £7,000 in gold was taken out 01 the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no materiAl change. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £350,193, and the export 3 to £211,850. The share-list of the Great North Vor Tin and Copper Mining (Limited) is advertised to close on Tuesday, the 28th inst. The shares are at 1 to 1 pm. We learn that a considerable portion of the stock has been already subscribed for. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted 65f. 65c. An improvement of about 3-16 ths has taken place to-day in the market for the English Funds, on purchases probably in behalf of operators for a full closing of their accounts to secure the available profit. A better feeling has also been evinced re■ garding political affairs, and Consols have improved, the latest prices being 891 90 for money, and 903 for the Btli pros. The New Threes are 881 89; the Reduced, 88/ ; India 5 per Cents., 10431 do. 4 per Cent., 994 ; do. 6 per Cent. Enfaced, 104 ; and do. Bonds, 163. to 103. dis. A general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, and there is more activity. Tur kish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 703; do., Consolideo, 483; Spanish Passive, 293 4 ; Greek, 233 Q ; Mexican, 433 a ; Portuguese, 483 49; Russian Scrip, prem. ; Italian, 69 3; and the Confederate Loan, 62 64. Basiness in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather inactive, but in some instantes prices have shown more firmness. Lancashire and York shire, and North Western have each improved 10s, Midland, 58, and Great Western 15s, while Great Eastern have receded ss, and Great Northern A stock 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in active at about previous rates. Bank and Mitc2llaneous Shares continue dull, and show in several instances increased depression. _London and South African have declined to 24 ; New South Wales to 469 ; and Standard of British South Africa to 281 ; Chamounix United Hotel Company are quoted Q 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a per Cent. Consols Do Account, July 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. BBk 19 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exklequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. par Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10k per Cent., April 1874.... Do Account Do 6 per Cent. July, 1870 !)o Account.... Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 9J Do Certificates - Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 104 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 . — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1860 — D , bonds.tl.ooo lO Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.... — 1)o Account _ - Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. Chili= 6 per Cent. Do 3 pei Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent .. Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account .. Do Coupons — Do Account ~. i 00000 Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do, 1839 and 1859 Italian +5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .............. Do Account 42/ 2 —die Do Scrip £23 paid .. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 200 — dis Do 6 per Cen'. Anglo• French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 De Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account 4B Do 3 per Cent., 1868, '7,'9, ' 60,fi2,' 3 Do Account 4Bl Do 1883 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 B5 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Anglo-Dutch Ditto Scrip, £3O paid — P in Sariinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanishl3 per Cent Ditto Account : Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3O 291 I Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Ditto Scrip, £6O paid — Pill Turkish 6 per Cent, 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto lAccount .. 701 1 70 Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cvnt. . Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 6sf Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 1} per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud , 11 Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f....... Ditto Account — Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail .... 63 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account .. —.. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4} per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f...... TWO O'CLOCK. Console Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady—waiting American mails. Sales about 6,000 bales ; imports, 15,310 ; previously, 128. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, June 25.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; raoderae breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, June 25.—Wind W.—Arrived—Jeannette , from Buenos Ayres. CARDIFF, June 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Melody, for Havannah. PLYMOUTH, June 24 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gipsy Queen, from Quebec. Sailed—Jessie Boyle, and Eliza, for Quebec. DARTMOUTH, June 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Win- Chester, from London for Ccilcutta. BRIDGEWATER, June 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mai - garotte, from Rio Hache. GLOUCESTER, June 24.—Wind SM.—Arrived—Port Glasgow, from Quebec. The Brussels journals state that the Archduke Joseph and his wife, the Princess Clotilda, as well as the Archduke Stephen, near relatives of the Duchess de Bra bant, are expected in the Belgian capital, to be present at the baptism of the young Princess Stephanie_ Clotilda. SHARE MARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOGB.S. Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. done. Railways. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Itost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian I Cor's and Bandon Cornwall D o A (A uets no diN , Do. B till 6pc.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Northern Do A c,tc, , ,c , ' Do Bdo .„ . Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lan ^ashite & Yorkshire London knd Blackwaiii Lon., Brigh& S. Coast :.: I Lon., Chat., an, Dover' Lon. & North West I Lon. & 50'41.1 Western Shef., & Linooln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares IMetropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. at.. W. of Ireland shares Line • • Hid' Ken t North p 04 13 ' 71 Y i 4 11 , Edin., Perth, _Oundee+ Nth. Eastern—Ber. 7vioh Do, G.N.E. purchas " Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. . North London Do New North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stool; Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon ... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stfiekton .t Darlington Do ,41.•• ......... • • Do New. ,1136 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do e Ulster' p Do . Do „. Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Waterford & Kilkenity West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. West Midland -Oxford, Do Newport Do Hereford 8 81 81 91 84 *6 1171 118! 6i 7 35 37 16 17 9 103 105 46 47 61 71 131 132 193 144 128 13't 90 94 65 656 1121 113 66 48 104 104 40 42 111 a 1111 07 0 b 6 17 112 113 139 130.1 101 103 53 65 24 `gs 1 4 04, 104 6 61 92 n 125 128 /i 2i 1) 7$ 74 10 11} 125 139 38 38 64 66 33 85 9(4 91 XO4 106 .8 9 301 374 94 10 7185 165 170 6 7 3 E p p 107 110 34 37 41)3 1 lin I gi BRITISH POSSESSIONS. * , harp Hailw&vm 100 Itlantic &St Lawrene , sir Born.,Barodalr.Centlne, Gu. 5 per cent - 20 H Do. New 20 Do, .E. zOi Buffalo end Lime Huron 10 Do. PreLcronce to Buflalo,Brant4•Godrich , 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 15721 iOO Do. do. July 1 , 187 ; ,1 100 Do. do. June 1, IK5i et Clcutta.ct.S.Eaiitn.(lii 7l :l st CepeTown ,t Dock Soi l stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. (1 strsolc ;East Indian. go. 5 p. C. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... '0 Do. do. H do. .. stock Grand Trunk of Canadaloo 00. Ist Fret, Ponds.. 100 Do. do. deferred.,'... 100 1)o. 2(.. ['ref' Bonds.. -- 'erred Do. do. dc: +qck .. Do. 3d Pi ef. b 100 100 100 stook 20 D. do. deferred.. •• • • Do. 4th Pref. stoat:... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndlaPenuLgua.sp.c Do.. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. I Gt. VV. of Canada Sharer Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-5.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. a. .. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc.4A d 0........ Do. Flfth Extension. Melb.Corp. ti p. o. Bndr4. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswiok ffi Candi, Class A and B. V. I2l.C'das po Ist pt bdsi stock stock &hide ....- ) Do. Delhi es --, Do. do , 4 t Do. Punjaub Do. Do. —..•• •• , ~..,,,t' Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 1 100 2 1 all , --- 100 COOk Pod. 7i all all Jou• Closing. Moe. 59 61 103 104 Par P oi 6 8i 91 77 82 77 8 77 82 101 103 08 100 106 308 IC4 105 t, t P 2o 21 P 72 74 6! 64 66 68 55 67 AD 5! 43 (5 28 30 26 29 1041 105) pl' 4 P 103 10i 10 10% 10: 10: 90 92 82 8k id in 1021 1031 97 99 91. 91 LONIAL GOVER: t,un.G or. 6 p.c.J a. 4.7,J 1113 1877-81 . ........ Do.'i p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. sb p. c.Mar.dz Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jau.StJuly. 'Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 Do.Ap d; Oct. 1880 Da 1890 , Do. Se July, 1891.. ;Ceylon, Y0v.1878, 6 p !Mauritius J per cent !Natal Gov. 6 A •)er cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a. &July Do. Bp. c.Ap. & 90t. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p I Du. sp. c.,lS'i to Itlf Do. d0.,1888 Jeupwds New Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c I sterling, 1875 Queensland Go% 6 p. c IS. Aus Gap.c.1578.& up I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dzJuly Da to 6 n.a An.d.Oct.. BRTTIS I Cambrian Consol. Gold Jhflord Amalgamated..' Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Cam Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.JzSt.Aubyn(G wen Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helston 'Grenville 111er:4'8-Foot ...... H ingston Downs ; Lady Bertha !Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs Nr.Ntirh'l Basset (111o,ran, North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey ) Crovidence(Uny Lebat. ; south Caradon(St.Cleer IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 'Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min rin Croft West Basset (Mogan), W C' radon (Liskeard), West Soto Wheal Basset (Mogan ) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudi ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Beton . . Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) Wheal Union PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red, at 5 per cent. pm., 108 Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pf., SoSf Mouth Devon, Anns., 105.,_101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 111 FOREIGN RAILWAYS: Antwerp and Rotterdam, v. Belgian Eastern Junction, Great Luxembourg, 10i !San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20 191 FOREIGN MINES. Fortuna (Urn.), 3i St. John del Rey (lim.), 40 Yudanamutana of S.'Australia, lim., 2i BANKS. Agra and United Service (Um.), 1301 Anglo Austrian, 69:1 Australasia, Ditto, new, 5C 7 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 13 City, 137 6 / Commercial Bank of India and the East, 31 Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 14 Continental, Um., 17) I • East London, lim., 81 9 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 1 Japan (lim.), Ditto,HEuintodpuesatann u an h k in , a l , h a n n ., d l339 ai l i ( s4 in ue o d , 3 1 . 2 pm.,§169 Bank of India, lim 59 Land Mortgage 25 Imperial Bank (lira.), In 18 17} 189 Imperial Otto London Chartered Bank of Australia, London and County. 6.5 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 17 9 London and Northern, lim., 221 2 London and South African, 24 1 London and 11 estminster, 97 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 199 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lint, 291 1 New South Wales, in* New Zealand Bank Corporation, lim., 19 Oriental Bank Corporation. 59 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Jim., 13 South E .stern, lim., 79 Standard of British South Africa (11m,), 281 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Itsurance, 8 Rae. India Irrigation and Canal, 59 I Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 49 / Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim , Home and C lonial A ssurance, lim ,_59 Hudson's Bay, 189 9 Imperi l and Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 64 7 International Financial , ociety, lim., io International rand Credit. Um., 49 4 Joint Stock Discount, Um., 79 Land Securities, lirn., 49 London. Financial Association, lim., 259 M dras Irrgation and Canal, 19 National Discount Company, Hut, 141 Oriental Inland Steam, 3 9 Royal Mail Steam, 919 2 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 49 HERR JOACHIM will perform a new violin con certo, composed by Lir.iself, at the Philharmonic Concert on Monday, on which occasion Dr. Bennett's new orchestral piece (a symphonic overture) will be executed for the first time. 56 58 3 6 82 S 4 103} 104} 1021 1034 pr ip ►t2} IG3i 96 98 ERNMENT SECURITIES. ;Jul) 100 1(2 104 Aug. 100 164 106 104! Sept. 100 103 105 July. lOC 93 65 stock 100 92 94 ,1873 100 104 106 1880 100 107 109 1890 100 109 111 891.. 100 110 112 6p c 100 111 113 at .. 100 107 109 ont.. 100 197 109 July, 100 102 104 Oct.l 100 18,;,•1 100 994 1004 187 f 190 994 1004 , wdi 100 991 1004 1004 ;en:. 100 10) 111 P. a .. 100 105 107 p. c. 100 108 110 up.. 100 109 111 July, 100 ot.. I 100 _ 100 110 109,1_4 'ISH MINES. ;old 1 id .ted.. 31 36 grist.) 1 560 670 in).. 30 64 66 Lt. —•— .... 2.14.6 29 30 29i f 4 .... 3.4.0 74 84 stk.) 8.13.0 3! 4/ yen.) 581 7 0 17s 24 21 iton 40 33 34 .... 6.16. t 84 8! 71 .... 8.12 28 40 4.18.0 34 3f 2.8.6 4 4 ant 91 14 16 .. 4.3 0 44 41 im.) 24 14 1 d .... 191 70 80 21 2 4▪ n, 31.0 14 2 y.. 2.6.9 44 4! .zey\ lnt. 10.0.7 40 42 leer I} 450 170 Lan, 18.18.9 50 55 .. 30.17.6 29 31 9 174 184 n),. 14 94 104 ard) 5 16 18 • 474 190 200 ;an ) l 54 90 95 utli)' 10 27 29 ant) 2.0.6 .... 3.5.8 24 24 • en.) 8 14 16 ..•• 584 224 2274 As.) 7 19 21 .... 3.17 14 2 LAW INTE. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Kerr.) WHERE THE GOOD SERMONS COME FROM,- SINGifIAR ACTIONS.—no GERS V. WALCOT AND OTHER DE, FENDANTS. ' The plaintiff in these cases sued a number of clerical gen tlemen for sermons supplied at different periods—the de fendants being rectors, vicars, and curates in the country. In one case, Rogers v. Walcot, the defendant was de scribed as of Ribbesford, and his debt amounted to 442 14s 6d. His Honour asked if all that money was for sermons ? Plaintiff's representative—Oh, yes ; your honour has the particulars. His Honour—Oh ! I see they are here. The account set out that " harvest sermons" were 2s 6d each. The special manuscript sermon was £1 Is, and ordinary special sermons were charged at ss. His Honour then made a calculation, and found that since 1860 the defendant had received in all no less than 326 sermons. Witness—Yes, I believe that is the number. His Honour—Defendant has 326 sermons, and he pays £42 for the lot. Well, the account extends over a consi derable period, and really he does not pay much for them, taking the matter altogether. What is defendant ? I see he is a rector. I hope that Witness—l have a letter from the defendant here, if your Honour would like to see it. The letter was then handed up to his Honour, who read it, and remarked—He admits that they are good sermons. (Laughter.) Come, there is something in that. W itness (smiling)—l believe there is no doubt about that. His Honour—He does not dispute having received all these sermons, and considering the length of time, the amount does not seem at all unreasonable. His Honour then pinned the letter to the summons, but the witness applied to have it returned to him. His Honour—Do you want it ? I have annexed it to the summons. Witness—l should like to have it again. Mr Osgood (Registrar)—l do not want it. It was only produced as evidence for the Court. The letter was then handed to the witness, and the usual verdict was recorded as in the other cases. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner Goa'burn.) IN RE A. MAINWARING. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Worthing House, near Basingstoke, and of the Army and Navy Club, Pall-Mall, and this was an adjourned meeting for last examination and discharge. The bankrupt wes lately a captain in her Majesty's ser- vice, and from the accounts, by Messrs Hart Brothers and Hoyles, it appears that he owes to unsecured creditors, £13,124; secured, £4,800 ; and liabilities about £7,000. The assets being—property given up, £750; ditto in the hands of creditors, £590. Mr Lawrance, for the assignees, said he assented to a suggestion of Mr C. E. Lewis, for the bankrupt, that an adjournment should take place for two months, with a view of effecting an arrangement with the creditors. His Honour said he was very happy to hear so, as it would be much better for all parties and all purposes, and ho hoped the bankrupt would do all he could for his creditors, Adjourned accordingly. IN CIIATEL.-" A MESSMAN'' IN A STEW. This bankrupt, was formerly messman to the Royal Art lery at the camp at Shoeburyness, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts amounted to £270, but only one creditor proved, and chose himself assignee, and opposed on various grounds, and Mr. Abrahams pressed for an adjournment for further accounts. Mr Morris, for the bankrupt, said it was a hard case on the bankrupt. He was a Frenchman, and could speak English but imperfectly, and could not write it at all. The backs had been kept by a soldier; it was therefore prepos terous to ask him for a cash goods and delivery account for twelve months. He had given a cash account, but the de ficiency was not on the mess transactions, but through his having opened a coffeehouse near the Strand. All the cre- ditors would have agreed to a deed of arrangement, but Mr Abrahams's client stood out and put the bankrupt in prison, and ho had to apply to this court. Mr Abrahams and his client were creditors for £32. His Honour said that from what he saw of the case there did not appear the slightest idea of fraud; the bankrupt was a foreigner and had been in prison for five weeks; he had never been bankrupt before, and was entitled to his discharge. Mr Morris said that unfortunately the bankrupt had through these proceedings lost hie position, as he would not be received as messman again, having been bankrupt. His Honour—Surely that cannot be. Mr Morris—l fear it is—the bankrupt would no doubt have gone back to the Artillery, that was why we wished to arrange by deed, Mr Abrahams—Then let him annul the bankruptcy. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, THAMES, THE SIsTAXE IN THE GRASS'.—A young woman, named Josephine Wigmer, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with felony under very aggravated circumstances. .... The prosecutrix in this case is Mrs Frederica Pasch, the wife of Mr Pasch, an hotel keeper, No. 6, Haydon-square, Minories. The parties are all Germans. Ever since the prisoner's arrival in this country a few months since, Mrs Pasch had employed her four days in every week, and some times more frequently, as a needlewoman, at is per day and her board. In the course of that time Mrs Pasch had missed linen, ribbons, dresses, handkerchiefs, jewellery, and a variety of other property. She had discharged several indoor servants she suspected of having robbed her, and the prisoner had artfully contrived to fix suspicion on others while she avoided suspicion herself, annd was thought for a long time to be all honesty and perfection. The pilfering had been going on for five months. The pri soner lant a pair of drawers to a young woman named Anne Kaisu, a native of Germany, and servant in the hotel. Mrs Pasch happened to see the drawers two or three days ago and identified them as her property. Her initials were upon them, The prisoner (who is a married woman, and living with her husband at No. 17, South-square, West minster) was sent for, and asked by Mrs Pasch, " Have you got anything belonging to me ?" The prisoner said she had not. The woman Kaisu was then called, and spoke to the prisoner about the drawers. The prisoner said, " Don't put me to trouble, and I'll give up all the things ; why not come to me before you went to Mrs Pasch." The prosecutrix then said, "If you will give up everything I will make it all right, and not prosecute." The prisoner not being disposed to restore the plunder, she was given into custody, and a police constable, 116 H, proceeded to her lodging, No. 17, South-square, where he fuund a por • Lion of the stolen property. A pawnbroker's assistant, named William M'Lachlan, produced a pair of gold eartops pledged by prisoner on the 22d February last, Mrs Pasch identified them as her property. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Partridge said this was a very bad case. The pri soner had acted the part of a snake in the grass, and brought a charge against one poor and innocent girl, who lost her situation, and caused Mrs Pasch to suspect other poor servants. Ho sentenced her to be imprisoned for 6 months and kept to hard labour. THE CITY OF RlCHMOND.—Richmond, by the last census, had a population of 38,000 souls, but the great influx of civil and military officers and refugees from other parts of the State has probably raised it to a much higher figure. It is situated at the head of tide water, at the lower falls of James River, about 160 miles from its mouth. The city occupies a most picturesque situation, being built on Richmond and Shockhoe hills, which ar© separated by Shockhoe Creek, and surrounded by beautiful scenery. It is regularly laid out and well built, the streets, which are lighted with gas, crossing each other at right angles. On Shockboe Hill are the State Capitol and other public buiidings. The Capitol is an imposing edifice, and contains, in its central hall, Houden's celelebrated statue of Washington. On the east of the square is the Governor's mansion. Jefferson Davis's residence is a private mansion, which was pur chased for him by the rebel Government. The city has many fine public buildings, six banks, thirteen news papers, and twenty-three churches. In one of the three Presbyterian churches Jefferson Davis worships. The falls of James River afford immense water power, and there are very extensive factories, including four cotton and about 50 tobacco factories, flour mills, rolling mills, forges, furnaces, machine shops, &c., the latter of which, an d particularly the Tredeger Ironworks, have been of immense service to the rebels in turning out ordnance and material of war. The annual exports of Richmond before the rebellion reached nearly 7„000,000 elols., and its imports 750,000 dole. But since it had the honour of being the rebel capital its foreign commerce has been extin guished. Vessels or gunboats drawing 10 feet can ascend to within a toile of the city, at a place called the Rockets. V. . eels of 16 feet draught ascend to Warwick, 3 miles below. A eanal has been built around the falls, and above them there is navigation for 2CO miles, The James River liana • wha Canal, intended to extend to Covington, is completed for 200 miles. Richmond has very extensive railroad commu nications, being the terminus of five roads —running to Fredericksburg and the Potomac, to West Point and the York River, Petersburg and Norfolk, to Danville, Virginia, to Jackson's River, by the Central Railroad-- and from these the connections lead all through the Southern States. Opposite the city are two towns of Spring Hill and Manchester. Richmond was founded in 1742, became the capital of the State of Virginia in 1779, and in June, 1861, it was made the seat of Government of the " Confederate States of America," whose Congress as sembled there on July 20, Its history since then is only too familiar to the country. Around the city aro various hills, extending a groat distance, on the most important of which fortifications were erected in the days of the "On to Ricumond cry,"—.A r ew York. Tiibune. Business don HE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1864. (This Day). COT; the ade. (From the Supplement to theZondo;Gazette of yesterday FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 24. The following note has been received by Ear, Russell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from the Danish Minister at this Court :-- " Legation of Denmark, June 24. " Lord,--By your Excellency's note of June 14, I was requested to give information as to whether, in the event of hostilities being renewed on the 26th inst., and a blockade of German ports by Danish ships of war re-established, due notice of such blockade would be given, and due time afforded to British merchant vessels to leave the ports proposed to be blockaded. I did not fail to submit at once your lordship's note to my Govern ment, and I have now the honour to state in reply that if hostilities should be renewed on the 26th the blockade of the ports of Cammin, Swinemunde, Wolgast, Greifswalde, Stralsund, Birth, Dantsic, and Pillau in the Baltic, as well as the blockade of the ports and inlets in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which was raised on the 12th of May, in conformity with the stipulations of the suspension of hostilities, will immediately be re-established; that neutral ships which, after the renewal of the war, might attempt to enter any of the blockaded ports, would not, however, be subject to cap'ure unless where previous notice of the re-establishment of the blockade had been received by them, either in the ordinary way or through the ships of the blockading squadron itself; and that a short but sufficient space of time would be accorded for leaving the blockaded ports to those neutral ships which, atthe time of the re - establishment of the blockade, might be in those ports. L" I have, &e., T. BILLE." The Royal Sovereign, The turret ship Royal Sovereign, manned with a crew from the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, and under the command of Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., left that harbour yesterday morning for Spithead to more fully test her powers of• circling under full boiler power with the use of the pilot house wheel (the only wheel she would steer with when under fire), and also to test the steam capstans with whieh she is fitted below in weighing anchor by steam, and also by manual labour in the ordinary method with capstan bars, and her fittings on deck for ratting. and fishing her anchor, &e. The two experire 4nt ai circles were first m a d e w ith t h e p i lot he .;use wheel, the first being made t o starboard., with 12 men at the wheel, and the rudd er h o 241 deg. in 59 sec. D e over to an angle o f The - half circle was mad e i n 3 min 5 See ' and ems- -half to the f u ll c i rc l e i n 6 m i n 49 s " . ThP . second circle was made to por , t and the ra il er was hove over to an angle of 214 deg (12 meta at the wheel as before), in 1 min. 10 sec. The half circle was made is 3 min. 1 sec., and the lull circle completed in 5 min. 54 sec. In the first circle the wheel had 64 turns, and in the second 7 turns. The diameter of the circles was apparently about three times the vessel's length. The ship was next placed in the channel between the Noman and Dean shoals, and, stern way having been got on her, her starboard bower anchor was let go in 174 fathoms, and the cable veered to the fourth shackle at the hawse-pipe. The chain was then unbitted and brought to the steam capstan (Brown and Harfield's patent) on the 'tween decks, and the anchor hove up again. The object of doing this was, on the part of the officials from the dockyard, merely to test offi cially the powers of the steam capstan, but to Capt. Coles, who was present, and to Capt. Cardwell it proved the power of the Royal Sovereign to weigh her anchors under circumstances where most other sh: would be obliged t os lip th em . S he might ba 1- pa ying at anchor in a riv er an d b e suddenly attacted by other vessels or a boat fl ot ill a , an d unable, to show a man on deck, or she m i g h t h ave to defend herself and get her ancho r w i t h her crew weakened by th e absence of men i n boa* crew or by sickness, and in this case a very few tr ial could, with the aid of th e s t eam capstan, run anchor up to the bows, while the remind:a could work the guns in the turrets, and ll°_ a man need show himself to the enemy. The port anchor was afterwards let go, and weighed again in the ordinary manner with capstan bars by the crew, exhibiting, however, very clearly the superiority of steam power for the purpose. A fear had been expressed that the shackles would not pass round the capstan so securely as the links of the cable, and, to test them fully in the manner, they were passed round both vertically and hori zontally. They " bit" well in both positions, but it required care to deliver the chain safely off the capstan and round the rollers. The cat and fish gear for securing the anchors, novel of their kind, like all the other deck fittings of the ship,were next tested in their turn, and it was found that, with a few slight modifications, they will answer their purpose admirably. This concluded the day's tests, and the Royal Sovereign steamed in through Spithead and the Channel fleet, and returned to her berth alongside the dockyard about 5 p.m. The steering gear fitted to the pilot-house has a lead of four-fifths the length of the ship to the rudder-head aft, and under such circumstances neither ropes nor chains fitted in the ordinary way could convey the whole of the work of the wheel to the rudder. To meet adequately a contingency of this kind, the ship's pilothouse wheel is connected with the rudder by metal bars forward and a disc aft, the result being that there is no "give" of rope or chain, while the disc imparts the full amount of the force created by the wheel to the head of the rudder. We understand this is an improvement on a plan somewhat similar to the one fitted on board the mail steamer Adriatic by one of the shipwright officers of Portsmouth Dockyard. Lord Abinger and his Butler, At the Hammersmith Police-court yesterday, Samuel Hanson, butler to the Dowager Lady Abinger, of Queen's gate-terrace, Kensington, surrendered to his bail before Mr Ingham, on a charge of being drunk and assaulting Lord Abinger. Mr Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the defendant. Lord William Frederick Abinger stated that he returned home with her ladyship from a party about half-past 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, and on entering the hall he saw that the defendant had been drinking. He told the defen dant that he was drunk, but he replied that he was not. Witness, supposing that there had been a carousal among the servants, and being afraid cf serious injuryin the stables, proceeded through defendant's room, which led to the back yard, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the horses were safe. However, when he got into the room he found a female sitting on the bed,. and the defendant represented her to be a friend. She gave witness her name and address, and said the gentleman, pointing to the defendant, had brought her there, and that she had never seen him before. Witness then walked her to the front door, followed by defendant, who used very foul language, and said he hated Lady Abinger, and that he would not serve her. He (witness) could not tolerate such conduct, and he thought there was not any gentleman who would either, and he requested the defendant to follow the female, and told him that he did not feel justified in allowing him to remain any longer in the house. He refused, and witness then took him by the collar for the purpose of removing him from the house, not using any more force than was necessary. The defen dant resisted and struck him. Witness released his hold, and struck the defendant in return. They had a severe struggle. Witness knocked him down, and they had a fight. Her ladyship being in a nervous state he was very anxious that there should not be any more noise than was neces sary, and when his servant came up he requested him to pacify the defendant. Witness then walked upstairs to hi s room. Be was proceeding to wash himself when, the de fendant entered the room, and said " I have got you both now ; I'll do for you and I'll kick her ladyship." Witness was not then prepared for fighting. The defendant struck him on the face and gave him a black eye. Witness fought him again. The defendant used very disgusting language towards her ladyship, the witness fought away to the door to draw him from the inside, as she could have heard every word in the adjoining room. Witness afterwards went out for a constable, an.: gave the defendant in charge. Witness regretted very much to have to Laing the case to that court, as the defendant's wife was a very reepectable woman, and had been 15 years in the service of the family. Mr Ingham fined the defendant £3, and in default of payment to be imprisoned 11 daye with hard labour. The fine was immediately paid. .t thi o annual meeting yesterday of the share holders of the St. John del• Rey Mining Company the re port rresented for adoption stated that the produce of gold at Morro Velho for the past year amounted to 476,005 octaves. The net profit realised had been £63,285 Ils 4d, and the interest that had meanwhile accrued represented £528 4s 4d. After paying the dividend last December, the directors now proposed to pay £2 lOs per share, free of in come tar, which admitted of £265, 13s 7d being carried to the profit and loss account. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall Mr Alderman Finnis in the chair. Mr Alderman STORE brought forward a motion, with the view of still rendering some of the regulations which had been recently rejected by Sir G. Grey, the Home Secretary, available for facilitatin g the traffic of the city under the provisions of the act of last year. He sought to show, in the first place, that so far from there having been any delay or timidity on the part of the Court of Aldermen in putting the act into operation, the contrary was the case; and that they had endeavoured for the last six months to obtain the opinion of the Home Secretary as to the code of bye-laws, which they had carefully framed under the powers confer. red upon thorn by the statute. Referring to the correspond awe which had passed between Sir G. Grey and the corpo ration on the subject of the proposed bye-laws, Mr Wad dington, under date of Jan. 28, said the Home Secretary had felt great doubt whether the Court of Aldermen, in framing the regulations which they had submitted to him, had kept strictly within their power of making bye-laws conferred by the act. He referred, for example, to a few instances only. Bye-law No. 2, he said, prohibited during certain hours any vehicle drawn by more than four horses in the streets, that was in all streets without any restriction or limitation. By bye law 6 delivery of coals, beer, wine, or other liquid in casks was prohibited in certain hours in certain streets. By bye-law 12 the sale of a variety of articles carried upon vehicles was forbidden in certain streets; and by bye law 15 the court not only appointed standings for shoeblacks, but delegated its authority in that respect to the Commissioner of City police. Sir George Grey could not find that any express or implied power was conferred by the late act which authorised those regu lations, and he therefore asked whether they had been submitted to the legal advisers of the corporation. The Recorder and Common Sergeant, in a case which was afterwards submitted to them, gave it as their opinion that the bye-laws which had been framed by the Court of Alder men were within the power conferred upon the corpora tion by the Act, with the exception of the proviso to the 15th, which in future authorised the commissioner of City police to appoint and alter standings for shoeblaoks. The whole question, with the opinion of the law officers of the corporation, was subsequently laid before the Attorney General and the Solicitor General for their opinion, and they expressed their regret that they could not agree with the Recorder and Common Sergeant. "Of the bye-laws in question," they added, " the Ist, 4th, sth, 16th, and part of the 15th (down to the proviso) are clearly conformable to the act, and may be enforced by the penalties therein pro vided, but the rest of the bye-laws, however proper and expedient such regulations may be in themselves, seem to us to be beyond the scope of the authority given by the act, and therefore not liable to be enforced by its penalties.'' They went on to say, "It seems to us that the words such streets' properly mean only those streets or parts of streets, which by any bye-laws or regulations to be made under the act may be ordered to be used by omnibuses, &c., and other public conveyances for passengers,'. Taking, therefore, the interpretation of the act by the law officers of the crown to be correct, it followed that if the Court of Aldermen might make bye-laws regulating the routes of omnibuses and other passenger vehicles through the streets of the City, they would be enabled by the same clause to make such regula tions in other respects for facilitating the traffic as they might deem it neccesery, provided they confined them solely to the streets in which they controlled the direction of omni buses and other passenger conveyances, That being eo, the, act might yet be brought aubetautially into operation, for their powers to regulate the course of omnibuses eaetended endeavour to all the main thoroughfares, He therefore m ove d a reso lution to the effect that the Conrt re o a fA n l a d b e l r e Aldermen deemed it highly desirable that every go should be made to carry int o effect as far as possible the provisions of the City Traffic Regula tion Act of IES, in addition to the bye-laws already passed ; and that it be referred to the general purposes committee to further consider the subject, to consult the law officers for the purpose of framing such other modified regulations as might appear sufficient to meet the objec tions, and to obtain the requisite sanction of the Secretary of State, The motion was seconded by Mr Alderman Lusx, and carried unanimously. On the bringing up of a report relating to the new City Lunatic Asylum at Dartford, Mr Alderman Lusii complained of the tardy completion of the building and the delay in removing the pauper lunatics to it. The CHAIRMAN explained that until the asylum was finished it could not be handed over to the care of the magistrates. Tho Court then adjourned. MART ETS—Thiff Day. COVENT GARDEN. Oar market is seasonably well supplied with fruit and vegetables. Most descriptions of produce command a steady sale, at the annexed rates. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 6 0 to 8 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes, per 4 0 to 10 0 Foreig,n do 0 0 to 0 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0; Apples, per hf-sr. 3 0 to 6 0 Pears, per do 0 to 0 0 Oranges, per 100 5 0 to 12 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries hf spot 0 to 8 0 1 Strawberries pr pt 0 6 to 1 0 Ad. 8 d Drulberries,prpt..o . 0 !,c0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 1 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.... Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per 10. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 VEGETABLES. abba Greens, dz bunch 26t0 2 9 1 Shallots, per lb .. 00t o 0 ges, pr doz 09to 1 3 0 Horseradish, pdolo to 2 6 B9d ditto ooto 0 0 ) Parsley, per ditto 00to 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts New ditto, pr lb Potatoes, per ton 50 oto 60 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 0 ' Cos lett, score .. 0 Bto 1 3 t. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers Garlic, per lb Green peas, h. -SV 1 oto 1 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 9 to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 ~ New Do., dz bun 1 i, to 1 61 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 1 1 As ar p agas, r do. 2 6to 4 ~ Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 ; seikale, per bun. 0 oto 0 u . Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Turkeys, Os Od to O P OULTRY. 0 goslings, 4s Gd to G s ; duck Od ; geese, 5 to s O s d to 7s Od each ; ls Od 3 6d 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ra bbi ts, is Ods, --‘ to is 4d each ; wild do., uckling —d to Os —d ; pig eons, Os 4d to 08 7d eaoh ; Surrey fowls, 14s Od to 18s Od ; c hi ckens, 88 Od to 9s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Oa od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; w oodcocks Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to 04 Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ' ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od • tplovers, Os Od to Od each ; to is Od per lb ngliggs guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Oct ; Os Od to Os Od hares, Os Od to Os Od ; t•oasting pigs, each ; Ostend fresh b utter, 10d to Os lid ; English, Os lld 5s 6d to 6s Od per 100 ; sheverets 2 Od to 48 Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. , s 78 Od to Os Od • French do., BILLING sGATE. Salmon, ls 4d to Is &l prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 3s Od to 12s • ? cod, Os Od to Os Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od; dorevs, 24 Od to 2s 6d ; mullets, Os 6d to ls 6d; lobsters, ls to 3 . 13 Od; crabs, to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; osters 108 to 20s ; natives, 64s to 70s per bush. ; whitings, soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair ; common 4s d Od to to Os 87; ehattedhd;ocks, 6s to 12s - smelts, Os 0d to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen,- mackerel , 40sper 100 • fresh ; herrings 7s to 8s Od pe p r 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os to Os per b race . WHITECHATEL. Beef, from 2s 10d t o 4 s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Oct to Os Od ; v ea l , 3s 10(1 to 49 ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 61 per 81bs by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d ; 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. 1 0d to 4s 8d and pork, 3s lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od; vea 3s BREAD, Bfd t The e p d , rices of wheaten br ead in th e metropolis are from of household b ead in to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND sxiNs. Market hides 561 b to 641 b, 2ld to 3d • 641 b to 721 b, 3d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4id ; 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 10s Od to 12s Oda calf skins, 41b,0 ; 1041 b to Odao I t: Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s ls t i o Bglh 3 b i t d : 20 ; s 961b,7 0 21b t 0 to 44d :8 t O oo l d b 4 ,; df 3 u; d ll9, t 6 o Bi sb 4 d ot —s Od; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 9d; sheallings, 2s 2d Downs,to 2s 4d. HAY MARKE TS. SAirrartELD.—Meadow ha ----s o—sOd ; —s Od to straw, xi hay, £2 15s to.£4 lOs Od ; clover, . € o 4 d to O t o s 0: 5 ; i h o a l s f o - d b r ; e a d n s d , 4s to £1 10s per load. Trade inactive. CUMBERLAND..—Moaiow hay, £2 155 to £4 103; clover, A slow sale. £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and str aw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load. WHITECIIAPEL —Meadow h £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and str aw, £1 43 to £1 10s per load. a Trade dull. y, £2 15s to £4 10s; clover, Mr William Miller was Yesterday appointed chief cashier of the Bank of England, in the place of Mr Matthew Marshall, who recently resigned. Mr Miller has been employed in the Bank daring a period of 31 years, and hes occupied the position of deputy cashier since 1853. Mr George Forbes, the second assistant cashier, has been promoted to the post of deputy cashier. REFORM MEETING AT NEWARK —On Monday evening a public meeting on the subject of Parlia mentary reform was held in the Corn Exchange, Newark— Mr Pindar, son., in the chair. Mr John Glover moved, and Mr. Godley seconded, the following resolution : —" That the eminent services rendered to this country by the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone entitle him to the esteem of his fellow- countrymen ; that as a statesman who has proved himself as conscientious as he is patriotic, as cautious as he is earnest, and as successful in measures as he is manly and eloquent in defending them, he has the entire confidence of the working classes ; that whilst acknowledging the many benefits he has conferred upon the community, this meet ing of the non-electors of the borough of Newark desires especially to record its thankfulness to the right hon. gen tleman for his recent speech on the subject of reform." Mr Earp, in supporting the resolution in an able speech, alluded to tir G;adstone's former connection with Newark. On the motion of Mr Johnstone, seconded by Mr Gabbitas, thanks were passed to the members of the borough for their con sistent support of reform. Confederate View of the American Campaign. (From Eh, Index.) There seems to be very little doubt that General Grant has made up his rend to adopt another line of advance upon Richmond, and that the next mail will bring us the intelligence of a still closer imita tion of M'Clellan's strategy, and another change of base, defeated at Spottsylvania, foiled at Saxton's Junction, defeated again on the Chickahominy, the Federal commander has evidently resolved upen trying a new point in the Confederate armies; and everything tends to prove that his next move will be towards the Jetties River. General M'Clellan perseveringly maintained that the James River route was the real road to Richmond, though it is only fair to say that he never proved its advantages, and only discovered them when every other route had failed, and when it was too late to try the new one. General Grant has trodden so closely in his footsteps that it is per fectly natural ho should try his predecessor's "forlorn hope," and to the last moment delude the North into the belief that he is bent upon marching into Richmond. At the same time, there is a suggestive weakness in this change of base which implies far more anxiety about a safe retreat than an easy advance, and we shall begin to think, when once Grant's march across the Chickahominy to the James River is announced, that the end of the campaign is not very distant. We are, of course, very much in the dark as to the result of the recent operations on the north bank of the Chickahominy. All Southern reports are carefully excluded from. Northern newspapers. The correspondence feom the army is carefully edited by Mr Stanton's sub ordinates. Federal victories are magnified, Federal reverses are dwarfed, and everything is narrated in the tone most calculated to help Mr Lincoln's chances of the Presidential election. Take the battle of the 31 instant. It is now admitted that a general action was fought on that day—that the Federals attacked Lee's Drees with their Wfrole force, and were repulsed 'with frightful loss. I t i s even asserted that at 'ene moment they held the key of the position, b -rat that Grant, unev,iiing to reap a victory whin' would cost him l ve a great .ass of life, w i thdrP" after three houry ggen a ement and the log- of 7,000 men. Yet that action was described in a previou s mail as a mere reconnaissance in force, which cost two or three colonels and "loss not very severe," although it really amounted to a defeated attempt to force Lee's lines and drive his whole army into Richmond. It is difficult, then, to guess what confidence is to be placed in the reports of the Ne w York papers or in Mr. Stanton's despatches, but if we take their own accounts, and draw our opinions from them, we shall probably not be far wrong in deciding that the battle of the 3d was conclusive as to the campaign on the Chickahominy, and rendered Grant's change of base an actual ne cessity. The question arises for what point Grant W.ll make. He is, as usual, moving by his left, 'and is reported to have reached Despatch Stativ a on the Chickahominy. This would seem to 'amply an in. tention of taking up a position sorreewhat nearer to Richmond than Harrison's Laneling,and in advance of Butler's lines. Bat we are inclined to believe that if Grant does mak' for the James River, his line of march will )• ,a nearly identical with the route adopted by M' l' In that case he will have arrived on # ..ne north bank of the James River almost on thp same day of the year as his predecessor, and hi d army will be subjected to precisely the s ame malarious influences which decimated M'Clellan's forces. Bad water, marsh miasmata, and a Vir ginian July sun would speedily dispose of his army without the necessity of a blow from Lee. But M'Clellan's army, even after the 7 days' fighting,was formidable. Lee's forces, although victorious, had suffered heavily, and were not in a condition to follow up their victory. Things are different now. Every week adds to Lee's strength. Rich mond is secured against a coup de main ; and, since the advance upon Richmond is restricted to a single route, Lee can afferd to trust very much to the de fences of the Southern capital, and make use of his available forces for a blow that would speedily com pel Lincoln to think more of defending Washing ton than of taking Richmond. As it is, there is nothing to prevent a Confederate force marching to the Potomac. Confederate guerillas are virtually in possession of the country from Arlington Heights to the northern line of Richmond. If Lee can spare the men, he has already an opportunity of dealing a blow which will be as useful for the defence of Richmond as another successful repulse of Grant's army. But it is said to be the Federal General's plan to establish himself on both banks of the James River, to advance, a la Halleck, a mile a week, by the aid of the spade; and by means of his superiority of cavalry to cut the communications of Richmond, and compel Lee to evacuate Richmond without risking the failure of an assault. Really there is no end to the inge nuity of Federals strategists. The attack, which began on the north aide of Richmond, is now to be transferred to the south side. The route which was so obviously the only safe advance to Richmond is to be abandoned, and a new line immeasurably superior is to be adopted; and all the time the Northern press is in ecstacies over the generalship of Grant, and implicitly believes that Richmond will fall, like Jericho, at the blast of a trumpet, so soon as Grant arrives before the walls. For our own part, we are of opinion that the further Grant moves to the south, the more feeble must be his hope of reaching Richmond; that every mile he places between his army and Washington is a gain to the Confederates; and that we shall soon hear of combinations of the Confederate troops which will effectually relieve Richmond for many months to come. Sherman's prospects aro not more favourable than those of the army in Virginia. In Georgia, also, the Federal army has suffered defeat and loss. In two battles the Confederates have taken the initiative. In one the Federals claim a victory, i n the other they acknowledge a defeat. A frightful list of killed and wounded and sick has b een sent northwards, Southern reports already place at 45,000 the casualties in Sherman's army from one cause or another. And we learn from Northern sources that the advance has cease d ; that Johnston, reinforced by Polk and Finnegan, has turned to bay; that the news of th e capture of Marietta is false; and that before Sherman can hope to settle down to the siege of Atalanta, he has got to fight an army o f 600,000 men, commanded by one of the best cfficers in the Confede rate army occupying an immensely strong posi tion. From Chattanooga to Ackworth the distance is 120 miles. A s i ngle lin e of railway is all Sher man has to depend on for his supplies ; and F orrest, with a lar ge his co cavalry force, is said to be makin g f or Lnnaunications. It is contrary to all experi ence that Sherman's army should succeed, and we believe a very short time will elapse before Sher man repeats the retrograde movement he made in the spring in the State of Mississippi. In the mean time the Confederates are astir in liontucky ; they are threatening Citcinnati—they have destroyed four gunboats and several transports on the Mitish,- sippi, and they are gradually acquiring quite a respectable fleet by captures in Southern weters. The Federals have sacrificed everything for the capture of Richmond and Atalanta. At present they have achieved no success to compensate them for the territory they have abandoned and the losses they have endured. DANGEROUS CONDITION OF HEENAN.—Among the most serious sufferers from the recent railway accident at Egham is John C. Heenan, the:Benicia Boy. It appears that Heenan looked from his carriage •window when the first alarm was given, and finding a eollision inevitable, jumped on to the platform as the train was moving, and falling heavily, injured his spine so severely that he has suffered from a continuous succession of fits ever since. His own doctor (Mr Clark) and the comp any ' s surgeon (Dr. Sally) have been in constant attendance upon him since the accident, and from 8 o'clock on Sunday night until 8 o'clock on Monday night he was never left by his medical men, as he no sooner recovered from one fit than a more violent one succeeded. Heenan, according to the latest inquiries, was better, but is at present confined to his bed. Poor Heenan , has been most unfortunate since his arrival in this country, and this last disaster is the crowning misfortune of his English career. SECOND EDITION. --- SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocK. Death of the King of Wurtemberg, STUTTGARD, JUNE 25, King William I. of Wurtemb2rg died at Rosen• heim Castle, at 5 o'clock this morning. His Majesty was born on September 27, 1781. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, CITY B ETTING —Tills DAY. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 100 to 30 aget Sir Roger (taken) (7 to 2 taken freely) 9to 2 agst Baktitchi Serai (take sto 1) sto 1 agst Caller On (taken) 10 to 1 agst Alice (offered) 25 to 1 aget Tottenham (offered) 33 to 1 aget Found Again (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst T. S. Dawson's lot (taken) 6to 4on Sir Roger, Baktichi Serai, and Caller OU (offered) 2to 1 apt Caller On and Baktchi Serai, coupled (taken) 81.. 6to 1 aget Scottish Chief (taken) BETTING AT MAN:CHESTER—Friday. There was a small attendance at the rooms to-day, and business was almost entirely co►ifined to the Northumber land Plate, for which Baktchi Serai continued in force, 5 to 1 being taken freely. Sir Roger is backed at the same price, while Caller On found friends at 6to 1. In other respects the betting was unimportant. Closing prices NORT}ItTMBERLAND PLATE. 9to 2 agst Baktchi Serai (offered) (take 5 to 1 freely) sto 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) 6to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken and offered) 9to l agst Found Again (offered) 10 to 1 agst Trust (offered) 100 to 9 agst Alice (taken) 100 to 6 agst Oldminster (offered) 25 to 1 agst Borealis (offered) THE DONCASTER ST. LEOER. 100 to 7 agst Ely (taken) THE DERBY' OP 1865, Bto lon the field (offered) WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the most noble Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon, of Hur.tly Lodge, Aberdeen, was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate in London on the 3d inst.—tlie executors being the Right Hon. Jas. Alexatuler, Earl of Rosalyn, P,C., and Henry R. Cox and Charles Hammeraley, Es.q., both of Cr.,,ioj_court, Westminster. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. Her ladyship was the daughter of Alexander Brodie, Esq., and married, in 1813, George, fifth Duke of Gordon, who died in 1836 ; title extinct. Her Grace's will bear date September, 1862. After reciting several annuities made chargeable upon her estate, she bequeaths a sum of £3,000 towards the building of the Gordon Schools, and for the benefit of the Female School of Industry and Infant School at Hnntly. There are several bequests to her relatives and personal friends, and she has bequeathed the residue of her property to her cousin, W. Brodie, Esq., of Brodie. Legacies are also left to servants—to two of them £5OO each, to another £2OO, and to the others according to length of servitude. The will of Francis Edward Smedley, Esq., of Grove Lodge, Regent's Park, and Beech Lodge, Great Marlow, Berks, was proved in the London Court under £70,000 personalty. The executors are the Rev. Henry John Ellison, M.A., Prebendary of Lichfield and Vicar of New Windsor, Berks, and George Montagu Jull, Esq., of Jermyn-street, Piccadilly. The testator has bequeathed to his mother his residence, Beech Ledge, and the furniture, together with an annuity of £500; and to his cousin, Menella Bute Smedley, like annuity of £5OO, and upon her decease an an. nuity of £250 to her mother. To other relatives liberal annuities and legacies are bequeathed. To his cousin, Mrs. Hart, £2,000 is left towards the building and endowment of a church at Glen Alla, Donegal, Ireland, in lieu of a legacy to her, at her own request. To several of his acquaintances be quests are made varying in amount; to his execu tors £6OO each; and to his servants liberallegacies. All bequests are to be paid free of legacy duty. The residue, real and personal, is bequeathed to his said cousin, Menella Bute Smedley. The will of the Rev. John Pinckney, D.D., late of East Sheen, Surrey, formerly of Laleham, Mid. dlesex, was proved in London under £120,000 per. sonalty. The executors are his eons, Eryls man Charles Pinckney, Esq. ; the Reverend W. Pinckney, and George Henry Pinckney, Esq. The will was executed in 1856. After leaving a legacy of £6,000 East India Stock in trust for his son Horatio, and £3,000 to his son Erlysman, and annuities of £4O, £2O, and £lO to three of his old servants, the testator divides the residue of his property, real and personal, into four equal parts amongst his three sons, who are hi s executors, and his daughter Henrietta, wife of G. Wood, Esq., M.D. The will of Mrs. Eliza M. Claridge, Who died at Nice, in France, in the early part of this year, has been proved in the London Court under £30,000 ; the will of Thomas Boulton, Esq., of Madingley Lodge, Kensington, under £20,000 personalty; and that of Mr. Henry Burnell, of Cheyne-walk, Chel sea, £2o,ooo.—lllustrated London News. NORTH DURHAM ELECTION.—The High Sheriff of Durham has appointed Tuesday next for the elec tion of a member for the northern division of the county of Durham, to serve in Parliament in place of the late Lord A. Y. Tempest. There is no opposition to Sir Hedworth Williamson, the Liberal candidate, and it is officially an nounced that his return will not be contested. "The steamvessel Yeddo," says the Gironie, " which has just been constructed in the building yard of M. Armen, of this city (Bordeaux), and which is supposed to belong to the Confederate Government, left the roadstead yesterday morning. She had made a trial trip on Monday last, and completed her preparations on the follow ing day. The Yeddo measures 682 tons, and has a crew (entirely French) of 65 men. She is commanded by Captain Pater, who is a native of France also, and was for a long time master of vessels belonging to Bordeaux. She is freighted with different kinds of goods, and is despatched by M. Armen himself through M. Causse, shipbroker. The Yeddo is bound for Amsterdam ; but everything con cerning her departure and the object and aim of her voyage remained a profound mystery. To the last moment the freighters, officers, and seamen maintained an absolute silence to all the questions put to them." HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BRuMPTON.-1:110 pretty little chapel (provided through the beneficence of the chairman of the committee, some 14 years ago, for the use of the patients and others connected with this institution), will b e thrown open to the putlic on Sunday morning next, en the occa sion of the anniversary sermon, which will bo preached by the Bishop of Ossory (the Right Rev Dr O'Brien.) The chapel is fitted up with the utmost regard to the comforts of . the congregation; and a very pleasing effect is imparted to the interior, by the numerous stained glass windows, which, with the ornamental carving, were designed by Mr E. B. Lamb, the architect of the chapel. The approach to 11 the chapel is through th?, lodge gates, in the Fulham-road. T sec the rider) assigned to the dog. of E theH OWLIN G the o a r s ig a io m o es f sL t n h g a e t vrefrry wide-spread super stition the world of th e dead, we which recognises a death-omen in the howling of a dog. An intelligent Londoner tells me he has often seen the omen given, and verified its fulfilment. The dog's mode of proceeding on such occasions, he says, is this—The animal tries to get under the doomed person's window; but if the house stands within an enclosure, and it cannot get in, it runs round the premises very uneasily, or paces up and down them like a sentry. If the dog succeeds in making an entry, it stops under the window, howls horribly, finishes with three tremendous barks, and hurries away. The same superstition prevails in France and in Germany. In the latter country, s dog howling before a house portends either a death or a lire. If it howls along the highway, that is held in Westphalia to be a sure token that a funeral will soon pass that way. In the German, as in the Aryan mythology, the dog is an embodiment of the wind, and also an attendant on the dead. It appears in both characters in Odin's wild hunt. Dogs see ghosts, and when id, the goddess of death, goes about, invisible to human eyes, she is seen by the dogs.— Kelly's Indo-European Tradition and kolk-Loreq Share I 13.14.1 (P. 10.4 12.10 100 all all all all 100 160 100 16.13.4 1311 1431 6) 113 130; 1 67 6 104 i 5 10'23